This section is from the book "The Complete Garden", by Albert D. Taylor. Also available from Amazon: The Complete Garden.
The group of trees and shrubs which retain interesting fruit well into the winter months is comparatively limited. A few of these plants should be in every landscape planting to give a touch of colour and life during the dead winter months.
Berberis (in variety) Barberry
Celastrus scandens
American Bitter-sweet Crataegus (in variety)
Thorn
Ilex opaca American Holly
Ilex verticillata
Winterberry Ligustrum ibota
Japanese Privet
Ligustrum vulgare European Privet
Myrica cerifera Bayberry
Pyracantha coccinea Evergreen Thorn
Rhodotypos kerrioides
White Kerria Rhus glabra
Smooth Sumac Rhus typhina
Staghorn Sumac
Rosa blanda Meadow Rose
Rosa multiflora
Japanese Climbing Rose
Rosa rugosa Japanese Rose
Viburnum americanum
American High Bush Cranberry Viburnum dilatatum
Japanese Bush Cranberry
Viburnum opulus High-bush Cranberry
 
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